Cookie Policy

For the optimal functioning of the ECOS - ERUA Collaborative Open Space website hosted by the University of the Aegean and to improve your browsing experience, we use cookies.

A cookie is a small piece of text that is sent to your web browser (e.g., Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc.) from a website you visit. It helps the website remember information about your visit, such as your preferred language and other settings. This can make your next visit easier and make the website more useful to you. Cookies serve important purposes. Without them, using the web would be a much more complicated experience. We use cookies for many reasons, for example, to record your preferences regarding secure browsing, to calculate the number of visitors to a page, to help you register for our services, and to protect your data. You can find more information about the use of cookies here.

Cookies are unique to each web browser and contain anonymous information related to the websites you visit and the devices you use.

Cookies are categorized into different types depending on their purpose and how they function.

On the ECOS website hosted by the University of the Aegean, we use "strictly necessary" cookies, as well as performance cookies to receive information about traffic and how users navigate our site.

Strictly necessary cookies are essential for the proper functioning of the ECOS website hosted by the University of the Aegean. These cookies allow you to browse and use the website's features. These cookies do not identify you individually, and without them, the smooth operation of the website is not possible.

For this specific category of cookies, we do not request your specific consent. According to the relevant legal framework (paragraph 5 of article 4 of Law 3471/2006), you do not have the option to choose whether to reject the installation of these cookies, as without them it would not be technically feasible to provide services from the ECOS website hosted by the University of the Aegean.

Performance cookies relate to the collection of information about user behavior while browsing the ECOS website hosted by the University of the Aegean and store anonymous information (IP address anonymization) regarding usage statistics, performance, etc.

These are third-party cookies (Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager) that utilize how visitors use the website (for example, which pages they visit most frequently and whether they receive error messages from web pages). These cookies are used for statistical purposes and to improve website performance.

We use Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager services to record website traffic for the ECOS website hosted by the University of the Aegean.

Google Analytics is the most popular traffic measurement service, and Google Tag Manager is a tag management system that allows us to manage tracking codes efficiently. Both services are technically based on the use of cookies.

We use these Google services to process anonymous data in order to improve the University of the Aegean website, for example, to decide which pages need improvement and how.

The data retention period for collected data is 26 months.

The Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager services belong to Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, United States, which has been certified according to the Privacy Shield framework, which provides appropriate guarantees for compliance with European data protection legislation.

Google cookies are used to store certain information, such as the duration of the visit to the University of the Aegean website, the type of browser used, the location from which the visit originated, and their frequency. In order to access this data, we allow Google Analytics to place cookies on the hard disk of the visitor's computer or other electronic device. Each time you visit a different page within the University of the Aegean website, the browser you use automatically submits encrypted and anonymized data to the Google Analytics platform.

You can find more information about Google's data processing policy in the Google privacy policy and about the use of cookies in the Analytics service here.

Technical information about Google Analytics cookies is available here.

You have the option to completely exclude the collection of your data through Google Analytics by installing the following add-on in your browser: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Note that this opt-out add-on affects Google Analytics specifically. For Google Tag Manager and other tracking services, the cookie consent system on this website provides the primary control mechanism.

In addition to Google Analytics, the ECOS website integrates the following services following the University of the Aegean's approved framework:

Due to the nature and operation of the Internet, as soon as you visit the University of the Aegean website, the server records your IP address in a special file (log file), which constitutes personal data, even if we are not able to identify you ourselves based on this information.

The reason (legal basis and purpose of processing) for which we collect your IP address and keep it in special files (log files) is, on the one hand, our legitimate interest in processing this data to ensure the security of networks, information, and services from accidental events or illegal or malicious actions that endanger the availability, authenticity, integrity, and confidentiality of stored or transmitted data (e.g., denial of service attack control) and, on the other hand, the legal obligation to provide as secure an environment as possible for processing your personal data.

This processing is permissible as it does not involve serious risk to your rights and freedoms, while it is explicitly permitted under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union (EU) 2016/679 to be based on our legitimate interest.

Each user of the University of the Aegean website has the ability to change the settings in the web browser they use regarding cookies and their acceptance.

You can choose, depending on your browser, either to automatically accept all cookies, or to have a warning that cookies are being used in certain cases, or to generally not allow the use of cookies.

To manage and disable cookies, follow the relevant instructions for each browser:

You have full control over optional cookies. Use the buttons below to manage your preferences or access detailed settings: